Shoe-cleaning device



May 5,- 192's. 1,536,963

H. H. MOORE SHOE CLEANING DEVICE Filed Feb. 5, 1.924

I NVENTOR Patented May 5, 1925.

"HENRY H. MOORE, or nrioonivooi); vrm-nnsozrn.

siren-CLE NING n'svrcn.

7 Application filed February 5, 1924. Serial No. 690,842.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY, H. Moons, a citizen of the United States,residing at Floodwood, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMinnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-CleaningDevices, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to shoe cleaners and has for its object theprovision of a novel device for scraping mudfronr the soles of shoes andalso for brushing any accumulations of dust, mud and the like from thesldes and also the heels so as to avoid tracking of dirt into thehouse.v

'An important object is the provision of a shoe cleaner of thischaracter which is adjustable so that it will effectively operate onshoes of all sizes.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eflicient inuse, durable in service and ageneral improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in thedetails of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings, inwhich:' p J 1 Figure 1 is aside elevation of the device, Figure 2 is anelevation at right angles to Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section. Referring more particularly to thedraw- :ings the numeral designates the body or base of the'device whichis formed or otherwise provided with attaching feet 11 by means of whichit may be screwed down onto the floor. This base is formed With anupstanding edge 12 constituting a scraper for removing mud from shoesoles.

tigidly secured upon one end of the body or base is an upstanding arm orblock 18 carrying a brush 18 of convenient size, and securedtov orformed on the otherend of the base is an upstandingbracket 14 upon whichis pivoted a lever 15 of considerable length carrying a brush 16arranged opposite to the brush 13 and preferably of the same size andshape.

Projectmg from the rear or the base is a curved upwardly extending arm17 which carries a brush 18 of crescent shape sons to engagesubstantially conformingly against theheel of the shoe.

In the operation it is apparent that the user may scrape mud or othermatter off the soles of his shoes by rubbing the shoe over the scraperblade 12. By rubbing the shoe up and down and side ways against thecrescentshaped brush 18, dust and mud may be removed from the heelportion, while by properly moving the foot about between the brushes 13and 16 the sides of the shoes may be like- Wise cleaned. The lever 15has a very important function as it permits the brush 16 to be broughtclose to or far away from the brush 13 so that the device will operateequally well on shoes of ditlerentsizes.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that have thus provided a simple, inexpensive and easilyuseddevice which will efficiently operate to clean shoes so as to eliminatethe tracking or bringingof mud into the house, thus saving considerableWork in cleaning up. While I have shown and described the preferredembodiment of my invention it is of course to be understood that Ireserve :the right to make such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. Having thusdescribed my invention I claim: ."1. A device of the character describedcomprisinga base, a brush rigidly secured upon one. end thereof, abracket ,on the other end of the base, a lever pivoted on said bracket,and a second brush carried by said lever and movable thereby toward orfrom the first named brush, said brushes in w a a l 2.1K device of thecharacter described comprising a base, a brushrigidly secured the firstnamedbrush, said brushes being arranged with their bristles confronting,said base being formed with an upstanding blade constituting a scraperfor removing -matter from the soles of shoes.

being arranged with their bristles confront- 3. A device of thecharacter described comprising a base, a brush rigidly secured upon oneend thereof, a bracket on the other end of the base, a lever pivoted onsaid bracket, and a second brush carried by said lever and movablethereby toward or from the first named brush, said brushes beingarranged with their bristles confronting, an arm rising from the rearedge of the base. and a curved brush carried by the arm and 10 adaptedior cleaning the heels of shoes.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HENRY H. MOORE.

